Kevin BeachusSpace Exploration Rocket Lab—yep, Rocket Lab—has a plan to deliver satellites to the MoonArs Technica - Eric Berger "We'll be bringing previously impossible missions within reach at attainable prices." Rocket Lab has successfully begun to transform into an …
Kevin BeachusWhat Mattered Today: October 18, 2019NASA celebrated its first all-female spacewalk, President Trump nominated ex-lobbyist Dan Brouillette to replace outgoing Rick Perry as energy secretary, and Johnson & Johnson recalled some baby powder over asbestos concerns. Plus, Syrian Kurds began evacuating as Turkey's tentative cease-fire begins, U.S. convicts brother of Honduran president on drug trafficking, and FAA blasts Boeing for withholding texts from their investigation. Read about these and more of today's top headlines.
Kevin BeachusElon Musk OneWeb CEO Discusses Satellite Broadband Race With SpaceX and Amazonobserver.com - Sissi Cao When Mexican business executive Adrián Steckel was tapped from the buzzing cryptocurrency world to lead OneWeb almost exactly a year ago, he was …
Kevin BeachusChina China launches new communication technology experiment satellitechina.org.cn - 杨希 China sent a new communication technology experiment satellite into planned orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's …
Kevin BeachusUnder Armour Richard Branson unveils Under Armour spacesuits for Virgin Galactic astronautsFOX Business - James LeggateSince the dawn of time, mankind has gazed upon the stars and wondered, “What should I wear?” Now, the future private astronauts of Virgin Galactic have their answer. The space company and Under Armour
Kevin BeachusStartups Rocket Lab successfully launches fifth Electron rocket this yearTechCrunch - Darrell EtheringtonRocket Lab has added another successful commercial launch to its track record: The rocket startup’s ‘As The Crow Flies’ mission took off today from its LC-1 launch site in New Zealand as planned. The took
Kevin BeachusFood How to Feed a Mars Colony of 1 Million Peoplespace.com - Charles Q. Choi What might it take to feed a million people on Mars? Lab-grown meat, tunnel-grown crops and cricket farms, a new study finds. When it comes to plans …
Kevin BeachusShopping Galaxsea Space Hoteluncrate.com - Uncrate Vacation destinations are getting more and more exotic and before long, travelers may be able to cross space off their bucket list. The first of its …
Kevin BeachusSpace Exploration Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft Preps for Test Flights Ahead of Bringing Astronauts to ISSdiscovermagazine.com - Hailey Rose McLaughlin NASA has confirmed that the aerospace company Boeing is pushing forward with their new Starliner crew capsule, which aims to ferry astronauts to the …
Kevin BeachusNASA These are the new spacesuits for the first woman and next man on the moonCNN - By Ashley Strickland, CNN(CNN) — A human hasn't landed on the moon since 1972, but NASA's Artemis program aims to land the first woman and the next man on the lunar surface by 2024. Part of that process involves upgrading the
Kevin BeachusNASA NASA finishes big SLS tank tests, says design is good to flyal.com - Lee Roop | lroop@al.com NASA rocket engineers in Alabama have finished qualification testing of the Space Launch System’s big liquid hydrogen fuel tank and say the flight …
Kevin BeachusEl Paso, TX NASA unveils new spacesuits for next trip to moonkvia.com - #printStr($author.authorFirstName) #printStr($author.authorLastName) (CNN) - A human hasn't landed on the moon since 1972, but NASA's Artemis program aims to land the first woman and the next man on the lunar surface …
Kevin BeachusAlgae Researchers Turn Algae Into a Material as Hard as Steelecowatch.com - Yale Climate Connections Algae in a pond may look flimsy. But scientists are using algae to develop industrial-strength material that's as hard as steel but only a fraction …
Kevin BeachusRobotics This robot can build a house in 3 daysAutoblog - Autoblog StaffTranscript: A robotic housebuilder. Hadrian X is an autonomous bricklaying bot created by the Australian company FBR. This autonomous bricklayer builds using 3D CAD models as a guide. Hadrian X is loaded
Kevin BeachusSpace Exploration New Dynetics test center lifts North Alabama rocket gameal.com - Lee Roop | lroop@al.com North Alabama has a new rocket test complex its builder says will play “an essential role” in bringing more big aerospace projects to the …
Kevin BeachusSpace Exploration Next year, new space missions will test technologies to fix busted satellites in orbitThe Verge - Loren GrushNext year, the long-held dream of repairing satellites already in orbit around Earth will come a little closer to reality. Two new missions — from military contractor Northrop Grumman and a startup called
Kevin BeachusLockheed Martin Lockheed Martin Lands a $4.6 Billion NASA Contract for the Orion SpacecraftThe Motley Fool - Rich Smith The contract could eventually double in value -- or go higher. With a core stage built by Boeing, engines from Aerojet Rocketdyne, and rocket boosters …
Kevin BeachusEarth There’s life on Mars, says a scientist who thinks he found the evidence 40 years agoSYFY WIRE - Elizabeth Rayne David Bowie asked it, and so has just about everyone else at some point: is there life on Mars? Was there life on Mars? Was there ever potential for …
Kevin BeachusWorld News European Space Agency probe captures new photos of 700km dried-up river system on MarsEuronews - By Emma BeswickWhile you might think of the surface of Mars as an other-worldly landscape, new photographs show it doesn't look as different as we might think to our own environment. The European Space Agency (ESA) released
Kevin BeachusSpace NASA uses a plane to launch a craft to the very edge of spaceDigital Trends - Georgina Torbet NASA has launched a new spacecraft, the Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON), for exploring the radiation-filled and inhospitable border between …
Kevin BeachusChemical Engineering NASA engineer's 'helical engine' may violate the laws of physics | New Scientistnewscientist.com - By Jon Cartwright For every action, there is a reaction: that is the principle on which all space rockets operate, blasting propellant in one direction to travel in …
Kevin BeachusNorthrop Grumman Northrop Grumman Cargo Ship Launch to Space Station Delayed to Novemberspace.com - Chelsea Gohd A Northrop Grumman Innovations Systems launch of a commercial cargo ship to the International Space Station for NASA on Oct. 21 will now liftoff on …
Kevin BeachusSpace Exploration Scottish Spaceport to Begin Construction Soonspace.com - Tereza Pultarova Construction on a low-cost vertical spaceport in the north of Scotland may commence within a year, pending the approval of a planning application by …
Kevin BeachusScience The first satellite robotic servicing mission is set to launchslashgear.com - Shane McGlaun Northrop Grumman has built a satellite called the Mission Extension Vehicle or MEV 1. MEV 1 is designed to dock with an aging spacecraft in orbit …
Kevin BeachusScience ‘Forever Chemicals’ Are in Your Popcorn—and Your BloodWIRED - Condé Nast While the Food and Drug Administration reiterated that BPA was safe in food containers, consumers and local governments pushed back. By 2012, the FDA …
Kevin BeachusSpace NASA Astronaut’s Space Selfie On The International Space Station Is Literally ‘Out Of This World!’Mashable - Afiya QureshiAstronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have embarked on a new chapter in the running legacy of the Expedition missions. The six-member space lab crew has now turned their attention to
Kevin BeachusQuantum Physics Giant Molecules Exist in Two Places at Once in Unprecedented Quantum Experimentscientificamerican.com - Rafi Letzter, SPACE.com Giant molecules can be in two places at once, thanks to quantum physics. That’s something that scientists have long known is theoretically true based …
Kevin BeachusSpace You Can Watch a Plane Drop a Rocket to Launch a NASA's ICON Space Weather Mission Tonightspace.com - Meghan Bartels NASA hopes that the long-delayed launch of a space weather mission called ICON will finally occur tonight (Oct. 9) — but terrestrial weather concerns …
Kevin BeachusNASA TV 'Launch drought' set to end, but weather not looking good for NASA ICON launchfloridatoday.com - Antonia Jaramillo After over a month of waiting, the Space Coast is set to resume having rocket launches once again. On Wednesday, Northrop Grumman will attempt to …
